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noluerint_fw-la res_fw-la alienas_fw-la invadunt_fw-la et_fw-la quot_fw-la pauperes_fw-la in_o lociâ—_n suis_fw-la ubi_fw-la ipse_fw-la habitat_fw-la illo_fw-la decimas_fw-la non_fw-la dante_o same_o mortui_fw-la fuerint_fw-la tot_fw-la homicidiorum_fw-la reus_fw-la ante_fw-la aeternum_fw-la judicis_fw-la tribunal_n apparebit_fw-la quia_fw-la rem_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la delegatam_fw-la suis_fw-la usibus_fw-la reseruavit_fw-la qui_fw-la igitur_fw-la sibi_fw-la
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gift_n of_o god_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v obtain_v by_o the_o balance_n of_o money_n not_o a_o council_n almost_o 3_o but_o have_v a_o thunderbolt_n against_o this_o sin_n mediatores_fw-la etiam_fw-la simoniae_fw-la eadem_fw-la censura_fw-la ligantur_fw-la qui_fw-la à _fw-la solo_fw-la papa_n absoluentur_fw-la 2._o the_o mediator_n also_o of_o simony_n be_v liable_a to_o the_o same_o censure_n and_o they_o can_v be_v absolve_v but_o only_o of_o the_o pope_n a_o most_o inexpiable_a and_o heinous_a sin_n i_o wiss_v which_o only_o the_o pope_n can_v absolve_v we_o will_v shut_v up_o this_o with_o that_o which_o be_v father_v upon_o saint_n augustine_n ser._n 37._o ad_fw-la fratres_n in_o eremo_fw-la though_o those_o sermon_n be_v confess_v â—o_o be_v none_o of_o he_o qui_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la emit_fw-la vel_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la vel_fw-la prebendas_fw-la vel_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la introitus_fw-la vel_fw-la seculari_fw-la protentia_fw-la hoc_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la procurarit_fw-la 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